WhatTheySaid.co.za The Madlanga Commission record, in plain language

Day 1

17 September 2025

Record: Official record ↗

Who testified

Subjects discussed

🏛 National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN (2024/2025 request)👤 Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi👤 Sehlahle Fannie Masemola🏛 South African Police Service🏛 Madlanga Commission (Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System)👤 Lt Gen Samuel Dumisani Khumalo🏛 Inter-Ministerial Committee on Political Killings👤 Mr Michael Pule Tau

57 conflicts flagged on this day

◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says a dedicated standing budget existed; B says funding was allocated per-submission on request—mutually exclusive funding methods.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was a specific allocated budget for the team”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“each time we made a new submission, we request the new funding and the funding is allocated”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-057a53d4658b
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says the task team is not a SAPS operation while B says SAPS established it; both cannot be true of same entity.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“This is not a South African Police service operation”
“The South African Police Service (SAPS) established the National Task Team on”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-07eaae74a835
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says no finality on whether the team exists; B says team is fully deployed and working—cannot both be true of same team.
Day 7Adv Harrison“there is no finality regarding the existence or nonexistence of the Political Task Team”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“The team is now fully deployed to do the work”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-0b4df8870765
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter (MK8) claimed addressed to Gen Khumalo in A but to Brigadier Gopape in B; cannot both be the sole addressee.
Day 25Adv Hassim SC“That was actually to General Mbuso Khumalo.”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“directed a correspondence to the head of the team that was investigating at the time, a team of Organised Crime which was led by a Brigadier Gopape”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-0b83cb941b43
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says team funded from provincial operational budget; B says provincial budgets never touched—directly opposing funding claims.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“They work from the operational budget that is within the province”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“It has never touched the budget of provinces or specific units”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-2209761f4f02
Lt Gen Samuel Dumisani Khumalo
Both claims describe Khumalo's rank 'at the time' but assert different ranks (Brigadier vs Major General).
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“Khumalo at the time had been promoted to a rank of Major General”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-238cbfd783b5
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says operations funded from provincial budget; B says national budget, not KZN. Directly opposed funding sources for same task team.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“They work from the operational budget that is within the province”
Day 1Adv Sello SC“the costs, the operational cost of that task team would be met out of the national budget and not the KZN budget”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-26bb37721138
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Same team described as both disbanded and fully deployed—cannot both be true simultaneously.
Day 79Adv Baloyi SC“the PKTT was disbanded”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“The team is now fully deployed to do the work”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-2d0314c1121f
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter cannot be addressed to Lt-Gen Sibiya and directed to Brigadier Gopape as its recipient at once.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection, Lt-Gen Sibiya”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“directed a correspondence to the head of the team that was investigating at the time, a team of Organised Crime which was led by a Brigadier Gopape”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-36832cdf0322
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Claim A says task team was not established by National Commissioner; Claim B says it was—directly opposed on same referent.
Day 42Minister Senzo Mchunu“the National Political Killings Task Team was not one of those established by the National Commissioner”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was established as I said by the National Commissioner”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-429946c2a300
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says province task teams work from provincial operational budget; B says provincial-level task teams have no budget—directly contradictory.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“They work from the operational budget that is within the province”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“those that are established at a provincial level do not have a budget”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-483dbb00cadc
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Same team's politically related dockets stated as 333 vs 332; the counts cannot both be true.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“this includes 333 dockets concerning politically related cases”
“the Team nas been allocated anc acooumls for 332 dockets of pohtically related cases”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-524b3a653c55
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says operating in five provinces (not just KZN); B says operates only in KZN and Eastern Cape (two)—incompatible scope.
Day 45Adv Khumalo SC“So they were operating in five provinces, not the KZN.”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it currently operates in both KZN and the Eastern Cape”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-55bb6d8fb9ad
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says PKTT is merely a task team not a unit; B affirms it as an integrated multi-disciplinary unit—directly opposing characterizations.
Day 5Lieutenant General Masemola“PKTT is just a task team, not a unit”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“That is correct. That is what the IMC were expecting”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-57dc6952566b
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says budget derives from National; B says they work from operational budget within the province—directly opposed funding sources.
Day 45Minister Senzo Mchunu“I was aware that before I wrote that PKTT is a temporal team. It derives its budget , I was aware of that, from National.”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“They work from the operational budget that is within the province”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-5c0964c67dc5
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says money moves to KZN as cost centre; B says costs met from national budget not KZN. Directly opposing funding source claims.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the cost centre being a province of KwaZulu Natal the national office will move that money to KZN”
Day 1Adv Sello SC“the costs, the operational cost of that task team would be met out of the national budget and not the KZN budget”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-5e76cff6e01a
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A claims task team directed by the President; B says it operates at a lower level under the Provincial Commissioner—incompatible command structures.
Day 1Adv Sello SC“and the President”
Day 4Lt Gen Masemola“it is a Task Team that is working at a lower level under a Provincial Commissioner”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-65fc027da300
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says not a SAPS operation; B says it's a unit within SAPS and NPA—cannot both be true of same team.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“This is not a South African Police service operation”
Day 4Lt Gen Masemola“It was essentially an ad hoc inter-disciplinary unit within the SAPS and the National Prosecuting Authority”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-6aefdc97bb6e
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A attributes team's origin to the Inter-Ministerial Committee, not the Minister; B attributes it to the President's own initiative—incompatible origins.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the work of the team was not as a result of the Minister of Police, but as a result of the Inter-Ministerial Committee”
Day 45Minister Senzo Mchunu“it was his initiative”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-6c6de280c8f5
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Same task team's establishing authority: A says National Commissioner created it; B says it was not created by him. Directly contradictory.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was established as I said by the National Commissioner”
Day 44Minister Senzo Mchunu“this one, as I say, was not created by the National Commissioner.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-6e7907a4d428
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says task team funded from provincial operational budget; B says total funding came from national budget—same team, mutually exclusive sources.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“They work from the operational budget that is within the province”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“The funding, the total funding of this political task team came from the national budget”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-72838d5c7a60
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Same team's funding described as periodic vs a specific allocated budget; these funding methods are mutually exclusive.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the team has been funded periodically”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was a specific allocated budget for the team”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-72a95cedaded
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A calls it a unit within SAPS; B says it was not a unit in SAPS—directly contradictory on same entity's status.
Day 1Adv Motau SC“there was an ad hoc inter-disciplinary unit within the SAPS which was tasked with investigating political killings”
Day 42Minister Senzo Mchunu“It was not a unit in SAPS”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-74fa9c3f465d
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter (MK8) cannot be addressed to both Lt-Gen Sibiya and General Mbuso Khumalo as its addressee.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection, Lt-Gen Sibiya”
Day 25Adv Hassim SC“That was actually to General Mbuso Khumalo.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-776cd951e405
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter cannot be addressed to both Lt-Gen Mthombeni and General Mbuso Khumalo as its single addressee.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lt-Gen Mthombeni”
Day 25Adv Hassim SC“That was actually to General Mbuso Khumalo.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-7fc95baade35
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A claims team adds no value/not required; B claims disbanding seriously impacts ongoing investigations—both can't be true of same team's value.
“My observation in this regard as indicated above is that further existence of this Team is no longer required nor is it adding any value to policing i”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“The decision was going to have a serious impact, as I said, in terms of the investigation of crime and those cases that were before the team”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-801618764b0d
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Same task team's establishing authority differs: National Commissioner vs inter-ministerial committee chaired by Minister of Police.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was established as I said by the National Commissioner”
Day 42Minister Senzo Mchunu“it was established in 2018 by an interministerial committee chaired by the Minister of Police”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-857c427b6c59
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
One says the team had a specific allocated budget; the other says it had no budget allocated—directly contradictory.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was a specific allocated budget for the team”
Day 42Minister Senzo Mchunu“it had no budget allocated”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-97d16c627f56
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says it is not a SAPS operation; B says it is a unit within SAPS. Same entity cannot both be and not be within SAPS.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“This is not a South African Police service operation”
“an ad hoc, inter- disciplinary unit within SAPS”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-9f7784d879af
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Claim A says funded from provincial operational budget; Claim B says funded from national level—contradictory funding sources for same task team.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“They work from the operational budget that is within the province”
Day 9Lieutenant General Khumalo“it is funded from national level”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-b255d360f63a
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says provincial task teams are constituted by Provincial Commissioner's discretion; B says this team was constituted by National Commissioner—same entity, incompatible authorities.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“these task teams are constituted at a provincial level by the discretion of the Provincial Commissioner”
“The team was constituted administratively by the National Commissioner,”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-b4826487cb73
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A denies it's a SAPS operation while B states SAPS established the task team; both cannot be true of the same entity.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“This is not a South African Police service operation”
“The South African Police Service (SAPS) established the National Task Team on”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-b812656fe8b3
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Same team's arrival in Gauteng: A says no dockets brought, B says they drove from KZN to hand over dockets—cannot both be true.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“The team only arrived in Gauteng without any case docket”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the very same team, Political Killings Task Team, that came to hand over the dockets after driving from KZN and bringing them here”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-c253e8b7d729
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A attributes origin to President's own initiative; B attributes it to the Inter-Ministerial Committee—competing accounts of the same team's origin.
Day 45Minister Senzo Mchunu“it was his initiative”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the work of this team was as a result of the Inter-Ministerial Committee”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-c86d09d05713
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Claim A locates it in Mpumalanga; Claim B in KZN and Eastern Cape—incompatible operational locations for same entity.
Day 45Adv Sello SC“it is in Mpumalanga”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it currently operates in both KZN and the Eastern Cape”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-da0b107ead36
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says budget was scraped from other programs; B says it had a specific allocated budget—both cannot describe the same funding at once.
Day 42Minister Senzo Mchunu“But budget had to be found from other programs, even during extensions to fund it”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was a specific allocated budget for the team”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-dc71a34af541
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Claim A says they drove down with the docket; Claim B says they did not go with dockets — directly opposed on same act.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“on Friday they drove down to KZN in the docket”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“they did not go with dockets”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-e07a6b50c742
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter (MK8) from Coetzee claimed addressed to Lt-Gen Mthombeni vs Brigadier Gopape; cannot both be sole addressee.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lt-Gen Mthombeni”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“directed a correspondence to the head of the team that was investigating at the time, a team of Organised Crime which was led by a Brigadier Gopape”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-ea48815c8eaa
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter's addressee described as two different people with different titles; cannot both be true.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection, Lt-Gen Sibiya”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lt-Gen Mthombeni”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
KNN-f93586696c89
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says it is not a SAPS operation; B says it is a normal SAPS operational response—directly opposed on same entity.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“This is not a South African Police service operation”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the establishment of the task team within the South African Police Service it is a normal operational response that we employ in order to address a sp”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
KNN-fbefc2c26461
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
One says funded from provincial operational budget, other says national budget—same task team's funding source, mutually exclusive.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“They work from the operational budget that is within the province”
Day 26Lieutenant General Khumalo“It is funded from the national budget”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-17863fe56b09
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A says President directed the team; B explicitly denies presidential origin, stating it was ministerial-level, not a presidential task team.
Day 1Adv Sello SC“and the President”
Day 45Minister Senzo Mchunu“it was pieced at ministerial level, not a presidential task team as it were”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-2d0314c1121f
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter (MK8) cannot be addressed to Brigadier Gopape and simultaneously to Lt-Gen Sibiya as its addressee.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“directed a correspondence to the head of the team that was investigating at the time, a team of Organised Crime which was led by a Brigadier Gopape”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection, Lt-Gen Sibiya”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-3edb9ffdd94b
Sehlahle Fannie Masemola
Claim A denies involvement in disbandment; Claim B attributes the disbandment decision to him (National Commissioner) — cannot both be true.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“he had nothing to do with the disbandment of this Political Killings Task Team.”
Day 4Lieutenant General Masemola“The National Commissioner took that decision to disband”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-4ed325fd8fc8
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter's addressee stated as Maj-Gen Khumalo (Deputy Provincial) vs Lt-Gen Sibiya (Deputy National); different persons/ranks can't both be the addressee.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“as well as her commander, which is the Deputy Provincial Commissioner of Crime Detection, Maj-Gen Khumalo”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection, Lt-Gen Sibiya”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-6320d506dcc1
Sehlahle Fannie Masemola
A denies involvement in disbandment; B says he took over the disbandment process—cannot both be true of same entity.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“he had nothing to do with the disbandment of this Political Killings Task Team.”
Day 45Minister Senzo Mchunu“the whole process was then taken over by National Commissioner Masemole”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-6c6de280c8f5
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
Same entity: one states not created by National Commissioner, other states established by National Commissioner—directly contradictory.
Day 44Minister Senzo Mchunu“this one, as I say, was not created by the National Commissioner.”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was established as I said by the National Commissioner”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-709f3df78fce
Mr Michael Pule Tau
Being currently unemployed cannot coexist with being on duty, which implies active employment for the same person.
Day 1Ms Coetzee“as all three accused are currently unemployed.”
Day 15Michael Pule Tau“he told me that he actually is on duty”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-72838d5c7a60
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A claims a specific fixed allocated budget; B claims periodic funding, which contradicts a single fixed allocation for the same team.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was a specific allocated budget for the team”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the team has been funded periodically”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-857c427b6c59
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
One claims a specific allocated budget existed; the other says no budget was allocated—directly contradictory for same team.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“it was a specific allocated budget for the team”
Day 42Minister Senzo Mchunu“it had no budget allocated”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-97f291fadede
South African Police Service
A claims a unified/standardised SAPS across the entire Republic; B says it is not structured in KwaZulu Natal, a part of the Republic—cannot both hold.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“this concept creates a unified and a standardised Police Service across the Republic under the leadership of the National Commissioner of the South Af”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“South African Police Service is not structured in KwaZulu Natal”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-c6d58eabfdf3
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A credits good performance as basis for expansion; B says team was never effective since 2018—both cannot be true of same team.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“as a result of their good performance”
Day 62Advocate Baloyi SC“since it was formed in 2018, it was never effective”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-d5c093182cdb
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A explicitly calls it a 'unit' while B explicitly denies it is a unit; both describe same entity's nature, cannot both hold.
Day 1Adv Motau SC“there was an ad hoc inter-disciplinary unit within the SAPS which was tasked with investigating political killings”
Day 5Lieutenant General Masemola“PKTT is just a task team, not a unit”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-e07a6b50c742
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter (MK8) claimed directed/addressed to two different people; only one can be the addressee.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“directed a correspondence to the head of the team that was investigating at the time, a team of Organised Crime which was led by a Brigadier Gopape”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lt-Gen Mthombeni”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-ea48815c8eaa
Annexure MK8 — letter from Ms Coetzee
Same letter cannot be addressed to two different named recipients holding different posts simultaneously
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lt-Gen Mthombeni”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“addressed to the Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection, Lt-Gen Sibiya”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
NLI-f5249e7d8e18
Senzo Mchunu
Both refer to Mchunu's start as Minister of Police; May 2024 vs 3 July 2024 cannot both be the appointment date.
Day 1Adv Sello SC“Since the Minister Mchunu assumed office, I think it was May 2024”
Day 5Lieutenant General Masemola“Minister Mchunu was appointed as a Minister from 3 July 2024”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
NLI-f93586696c89
National Task Team Investigating Political Related Cases in KZN
A frames the task team as a normal SAPS operational response; B denies it is a SAPS operation—directly contradictory about the same entity.
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“the establishment of the task team within the South African Police Service it is a normal operational response that we employ in order to address a sp”
Day 1Lt Gen Mkhwanazi“This is not a South African Police service operation”

Claims from this day

Evidence introduced

ExhibitTitleTypeDate
Statement by Jeremy Michaels, spokesperson of the Judicial Commission. ↗witness_statement17 Sep 2025
Statement by Justice Mbuyisile Madlanga, chairpersion of the Judicial Commissioner. ↗witness_statement17 Sep 2025

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